Šimek
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: DZS, 2021
/ʂimek/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Šimek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 72nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Šimon + -ek (diminutive suffix).
- CZCzechia1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
- THThailand≈1 in 23Kas ศรีเมฆ
- SKSlovakia1 in 5.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Šimek itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 78 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
6,786 people
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)12 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled ศรีเมฆ in TH Thailand and Simek in US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Šimon + -ek (diminutive suffix).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Šimek counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #72 | 6,786 | 1 in 1.6K | 6.8K | Šimek | 78 |
| TH Thailand | #687 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 23K | register #637,855 | ศรีเมฆ | 66 |
| US United States | — | 1,371 | 1 in 243K | 1.5K | Simek | 72 |
| SK Slovakia | #640 | 1,065 | 1 in 5.1K | 1.1K | Šimek | 28 |
| HR Croatia | — | 811 | 1 in 5.2K | 811 | — | — |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈54 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Šimek | 4 |
6,786 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ludvík Šimekb. 1837CZCzech sculptor (1837–1886)
- Miloslav Šimekb. 1940CZCzech playwright, actor, humorist, comedian, presenter, publicist, scriptwriter and writer (1940–2004)
- Miroslav Šimekb. 1959CZCzech canoeist and water slalomist
- Bohumil Šimekb. 1959CZCzech politician and policeman
- Jarek Šimekb. 1973CZCzech composer, lyricist and singer
- Redžinald Šimekb. 1976BAfilm editor (born 1976)
- David Šimekb. 1977CZCzech politician and educator
- Juraj Šimekb. 1987SKSlovak ice hockey player
- Karlo Šimekb. 1988HRassociation football player
- Radim Šimekb. 1992CZCzech ice hockey player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 6.8K | #75 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 6.8K | #75 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 6.8K | #76 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 1.1K | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 811 | #728 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 705 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Šimek mean, and where does it come from?
- From Šimon + -ek (diminutive suffix). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Šimek?
- A machine transcription gives /ʂimek/ (IPA) for Croatian.
- In which country does Šimek have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 6.8 thousand people named Šimek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled šimek.
- Where is Šimek most common?
- Šimek is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Šimek?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 6,786 people named Šimek, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Šimek compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Šimek is the 72nd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Šimek?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C5%A1imekThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Šimek” — the 72nd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.